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Recalling the Challenger Accident Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago on January 28, 1986, NASA and the nation suffered loss of the space shuttle Challenger during launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Many Americans had been excited about this mission, even more than those that had gone before, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged challenger accident, Chandra X-Ray Telescope, Christa McAuliffe, Department of Defense, Discovery, Flight Readiness Review Board, Galileo, Gamma Ray Observatory, Magellan, Morton Thiokol, NASA, O-Ring, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, Rogers Commission, Ronald Reagan, Solid Rocket Booster, space shuttle, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, U.S. Civil Space, Ulysses, William P. Rogers
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